Coin receiving device



March 23, l948. lA. M. GORDON 'G01N .EECEIVING DEVICE FTiled Jan. 25, .1943 5 Sheets-Sheet l Je 'Wwm Marh23,1948. -A.M.G RDON 2,438,336

COIN RECEIVING DEVICE Filed Jan. 25, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 23, 1948. A. M.. GORDON.

COIN RECEIVING DEVICE.

File-2d: Jan. 25,l 1.945 5 She-bSv-She'et 5 Patented Mar. 23 1948 t COIN RECEIVING DEVICE Alexander M. Gordon, Providence, R. I., assignor to Money-Meters, Inc., a corporation of Rhode Island Application January 25, 1943, -Serial No. 473,499

2` Claims.

The present invention relates to coin receiving devices, and has particular reference to coin depositing and receiving receptacles of the visible type.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a practical Iand attractive coin depositing device of such simple nature that the public will readily and willingly operate it without instructions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. device of this character which is inexpensive to manufacture and install, and which is adapted to expedite service over store counters and the like. I

Still another object is to provide a simple construction which is readilyadapted to any desired type of coin depositing and receiving system, op-

erating either by direct or by remote control.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more speciiically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an illustrative coin receiving device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IIJ-4 of Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2, parts being broken away;v

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of the upper portion thereof, the parts being in coin receiving position;

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, the parts being in coin depositing position;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a view of the coin receiving parts in spread position;

Fig. 10 is a perspective of one side thereof;

Fig. 11 is a View, partly broken away, showing one modied form; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective detail of a modified coin receiving chute.

The present invention is particularly intended for counter and retail store use, to provide a coin receiving device wherein the customer deposits the coins, which remain visible to both the customer and the counter man or clerk until the counter man or clerk operates a release, whereupon the coins drop into later removal. The device as herein described vided to prevent `an unauthorized removal. A

coin box I4 is positioned above the base, and has a slot I5 into which coins are individually na locked coin box for serted; the coin box being formed of two complementary members I6, I1 shaped as illustrated in Fig. 10, and preferably molded from plastic such as lucite.k

The members each are recessed as indicated at I8 and are also recessed at the slot end as indicated at I9 to provide a slot, one member having a spacer boss 20 to `function as a spreader Vfor the coins inserted in the slot. Each member has a bore 2|, the bores extending in alignment to receive a holding bolt 22, see Fig. 6, which is extended and has a compression spring 23 mounted thereon to permit a slight separation of the two members as shown 'in Fig. 9 for releasing bent or mutilated coins.

The lower portions of the members are extended laterally as indicated at 24 and are grooved as at 25 to be seated in the sides 26 of a suitable opening in the top of the base, as indicated in Fig. 6. The spacer boss 20 extends downwardly to provide a recess 21 for receiving the upper end of a glass or plastic plate 28, which extends downwardly in the recesses I8 of the members I6 and Il and is supported on a leg 29 of a metal spring 30, which, as shown in Fig. 8, is generally bow shaped, and seats in a recess 3I in one member, preferably the member I6, see Fig. 10. The lower portions of the members are further recessed as indicated at 32 in Fig. 10, to permit swinging movement of the plate 28 against the spring 30; a bar 33 has sides 34 which are bent as illustrated at 35 in Fig. 8 to pivotally seat in circular grooves 36 in the facing sides of the lower portions of the members, and are further bent to bring the ends 31 in front of the plate 28. When the bar 33 is moved down, the swinging movement of the ends 31 will move the plate 28 back against the spring 30, to the position shown in Fig. 7, thus permitting the coins, which are retained in full view when the plate 28 is as shown in Fig. 6, to drop into the coin tray I2.

. Referring now to Fig. 5, it is desirable to position a bell 38 on a strap 38 cemented or otherwise 3 secured to the plate 28, whereby the coins will strike the bell as they fall into the coin tray. t

.The above described construction is simple to manufacture and assemble, and is positive in operation. If desired, push button control may be provided, see Fig. 11, by electrically connecting a push butter; 40,@ alsqlsnoid Mandapurqe of. electric pow'v fnot s'hofwn. The solenoid, has a linkage 4'2` s'cu'red'to the under side of thebar 33, whereby actuation of the push button, which may if desired be at a remote point, pulls thebar down to release the .coins to the coin tray; Alternative arrangements for moving'the plate; 28ml y means of solenoid or magnet-'giga'. ily apparent to the skilled wor Instead of the slot l5 a hopper` l43 may vbejpro-v 2. A device of the'character described including aV transparent substantially vertically disposed front plate, a complementary closely adjacent rear plate, spring means retaining the upper portions of the front and rear platesV in separable adjacency, said plates being recessed to provide a,

cpinbhalnber therebetween having` aniupper coin mit ,Sima as, inteineeiats trate iesiivotally mounted at its upper end in the rear plate and spring urged at its lower end toswing into con'- tact with the front plate, whereby coins in-V 's'rtd the slot drop and are retained between vided, preferably of funnel shape, t'guidedrlglzrd Y coins to the space between the front mernberand the plate 28. The parts may be made of any su'itl able. mater, emma? l .Ot @maize @ed here aridarrane `in thrgmanrer. 0 a ap invention to aparticularuse, wit ut parting.

dened in the appended 'claiins terifuiate plate 'and the front pla trolimem ofthe mme@ win-ging' itwwarus the rear plate'to release:theL coins.

of the intermediate tleinterlnediate late and the front plate, and a g'eable withthe lower end the rear plateu'to release the coins. j

ALEXANDER M. GORDON. l

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Y plate for swinging it towards 

